[blindkid] Potty Training and eating independantly

Tue Aug 18 18:14:57 UTC 2009

I don't guess I have any grand tips to offer, but I'd point out that  
every child whether with vision concerns, other special needs, or  
absolutely typical (if there is such a thing) has his or her own  
timeline. Our blind daughter did quite well with potty training, as  
did her older, sighted, sister.

On the other hand, our "typical", very interactive, very verbal and  
very bright son, now just 2 days shy of 3-1/2 is giving us fits with  
the potty training. In his case, I think he is mostly "busy" and  
doesn't want to deal with it. We can remind him over and again and  
take him to "try" but still we are having only limited success. This  
is also one thing the kids really DO have much control over. We can  
make them go to the restroom itself, but we cannot cause them to  
actually "produce" a result, if you follow my meaning--

Still, for my son, I know this too will come with time. Be patient and  
consistent with your efforts and it WILL come!

Good Luck,

Richard

On Aug 18, 2009, at 12:33 PM, Alyson Martinez wrote:

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> Hello,
>
>
>
> I definetely feel your pain.  Luke was 4 by the time he was potty  
> trained and I thought it was never going to happen.  His language is  
> on the track to improvement but at that time his ability to express  
> basic needs just wasn't there.  However, we were determined.  The  
> school was also instrumental is us achieving this goal.  Every  
> tactic was tried out and with Luke repetiveness on top of over the  
> top praise worked.  At home, we set a timer for every 20 min to take  
> him to the potty and just try; when he went we did the "pee pee  
> parade" up and down the hall.  Yes, we are lunatics.  After time he  
> started to get that pee in the potty=positive praise and going in  
> the undies=no parade.  Also, no pull ups or diapers just undies, the  
> washer was in overdrive and those were the most disgusting years of  
> my life.  EWW!  It worked for us and now he is 5 and goes all by  
> himself with no help, communicates when he needs to go and most  
> recently wakes up (sometimes) to go during a nap or at night.
>
>
>
> I wish you the best of luck!
>
>
>
> Alyson Martinez
>
>> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:57:33 +0000
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>> Subject: [blindkid] Potty Training and eating independantly
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>> Hi:
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>>       I was just wondering if anyone had any tips on potty  
>> training. My daughter is kind of big now and I don't think the  
>> communication is going well when I am trying to teach her to potty  
>> train. If anyone has any tips I would greatly appreciate it. And  
>> Any tips for getting her to eat on her own.
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